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spoke-dog

[ spohk-dawg, -dog ]

/ ˈspoʊkˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg /

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noun

a stick used by wheelwrights to force the outer ends of spokes into the rim or felloe.

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Words nearby spoke-dog

spoilsport, spoils system, spoilt, Spokane, spoke, spoke-dog, spoken, spoken for, spokeshave, spokesman, spokesmodel

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Example sentences from the Web for spoke-dog

Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.
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His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.
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Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Almost everyone I spoke to said they have used JSwipe because they are specifically not just looking for a booty call.
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Up till then I was just a dog-assed heavy, one of the posse.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.
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I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.
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You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
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